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I have had the pleasure of working with Mrs Tai Aina both in her role as class teacher and maths tutor for four years. Mrs Aina has worked with Wheatfields year 5 and 6 pupils for two years providing high quality maths tuition. Her work had a very clear and positive impact on the standards that the year 6 cohort achieved in their end of year SATs in July 2022. Mrs Aina also taught one of our year 6 classes for the last 8 weeks of the summer term to cover teacher absence. The children made good progress thanks to Mrs Aina’s high expectations and ’can do‘ approach.

Mrs Aina is passionate about teaching and learning and is committed to identifying any possible barriers to learning as well as any gaps in learning for individual pupils in order to enable learners to have the best tools and strategies to make progress. Tai will work closely with colleagues to communicate progress in tuition sessions as well as plan effectively for the needs of the individuals in the tuition group.

Mrs Aina is skilled in moving learning on by analysing how a pupil approaches a task. She uses this information to provide support and challenge for pupils when applying their knowledge. Tai maintains a child-centred approach and takes time to build positive relationships with her pupils raising their self-confidence in their ability as she does so. Mrs Aina is a dedicated professional who will work tirelessly to benefit the pupils in her care.

Theresa Thornton

Headteacher

Wheatfields Primary School

September 2022